Just a half-century ago, wood was the main component for boatbuilding. As fiberglass became the material of choice, wooden boats turned into a small, niche for aficionados who love the look and feel ...

An atmospheric river is moving through western Washington and expected to dump 1-3 inches of rain. by Denise Whitaker SEATTLE -- The smell of wood, sawdust under the fingernails and pride in ...

PORT HADLOCK — Students at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding have started building two 26-foot sailboats in what the school is calling the Twin Boats project. About 18 students are working ...

CHATHAM -- As thick fog enshrouds a long, weathered pier, an old salt in a yellow slicker climbs aboard a 47-foot ketch with a keel of Douglas fir. Beside him a metal marine railway extends out of ...

Assistant Vince Gordon, of Bigfork, works with boat building student, Susan Timmons, of Kalispell, on her sailboat during a Montana Wooden Boat Foundation boat building class in Lakeside. (Mackenzie ...

With a hoarse rasp, the thin blade of a Dozuki handsaw slides back and forth through a slab of mahogany, shaping the wood into a gentle arc. The traditional Japanese saw cuts on the pull stroke, as ...

Visitors to Cama Beach State Park will be able to learn boat-building and borrow hand-made boats to take out into the salt water. The Center for Wooden Boats plans to open a site at the park on June ...

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HOLLAND, MI -- When Captain Darryl Holtz hauls the Wine Seller III down the Lakeshore, he has to leave extra time at the gas pump. Not for fuel or snacks, but because he knows he’ll get a least a few ...

Arguably there are no two names more closely related to Pilot Boat design and construction in the United States than ...